Affiliation:
1. The Women University Multan, Pakistan
2. The Women University Multan, Pakistan & Government Graduate College (W), Khanewal, Pakistan
Abstract
Use of plant is as old as human cultivation. Trachysperum ammi is native to Egypt and cultivated in Mediterranean regions.iTrachysperum ammi acts as good appetizer stomachie and laxative. Medicinal therapeutic and pharmaceutical potentials of carom plant is attributed to its bioavailability and phytochemical composition. Phytochemical studies have revealed the presence of alkaloids, steroids, glycosides, flavonoids, cumene, thymine. Medicinally it posseses pharmacological activities like antifungal, antioxidant, antimicrobial, broncho-dilating action. Its ethnobotanical uses are venomous insect bite, kidney stone, stomach tonic and acidity. Present review summarises phytochemical, ethanobotanical uses and pharmacological importance as well as their role in biogenic synthesis of important chemicals
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